Animal-covering.



I. E. PALMER, ANIMAL COVERING. APPLICATION FILED SBPT.5,190B.

Patented May 11, 1909.

UNITED STATEEiFATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE I. E. PALMER CO.

MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

ANIMAL-COVERING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 5, 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

Serial No. 451,826.

dletown, in the county of llliddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Animal-Coverings, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like figures on the drawings representing like parts. I

This invention relates mainly to animal coverings, although in certain embodiments thereof its features are capable of use in other relations.

I11 order that the principles of the invention may be clearly understood, I have disclosed a single type or embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of an animal covering embodying my invention Fig. 2 is a plan view of a portion of such covering and representing means for securing the members of the slitted or divided portion thereof; Figs. 3 and 4 are longitudinal sectional views of the covering and representing the edge member securing means in different positions; and 5 is a detail representing a form of buckle that may be employed in connection with my invention.

In my Patent No. 224,468, Feb. 10, 1880, I have disclosed a horse blanket or covering having a divided or transversely slitted portion to permit the covering to accommodate itself to the movement of the animal. In said patent the edges of the slitted portion are yieldinglysecured by elastic straps. The present invention discloses an improved means for this purpose.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the body of the covering is indicated at I, it being of any suitable material, such, for example, as an open mesh material, rubber, rubber cloth, or woven material of close texture. The covering may be used either as a blanket or as a net, according to the material thereof. Preferably at about the saddle portion the covering is slitted or divided transversely, as represented at 2, although as an equivalent construction the covering may be folded or doubled as illustrated in Fig. 6 of said patent. Preferably, however, and particularly in use for horses, the covering is slitted to permit more readily the insertion of the reins. The two members or edges of the slitted portion are represented at 3 and 4 in Figs. 2, 3 and 4.

I have provided means for guiding the movement of the part 4 toward and from the part 3 and for securing the parts in adjusted and preferably overlapping position. While this may be accomplished in any suitable manner, I have in this type of the invention connected a band 5 of preferably inelastic I material at one end to the member 3, as indicated at 6, and after passing the hand through an eye 7 secured to the member 4 have again connected said band preferably to the extreme edge of said member 3, as indicated at 3, so that as said member 4 is suitably drawn toward the member 3, its movement may be guided. While the member 4 may be drawn toward the member 3 in any suitable manner, I have herein extended the band 5 or provided a supplemental band, as represented in Figs. 3 and 4, and pass the same loosely through an eye or hole 9 in said member 4 at a suitable distance from the edge thereof and have then connected the end of said band to the edge of said member 4, as represented at 10.

I have provided suitable securing means for the members of the slitted portion when in their adjusted position, such means herein comprising an eye 11 secured to the member 3 or to the band 5 and have slidingly mounted a hook 12 upon the band 5 between the eye 9 and the point 10. It is apparent that the eye may if desired be secured in any desired. position of adjustment upon the member 3 or band 5 so as to permit varying adjustments of the member 5 with respect to the member 3.

It will be apparent that the member 4 is engaged by the band 5, not only at its forward edge, but also at the point where it )asses through the eye 9. Thus, the memer 4, which may be termed the adjustable zone of the covering, may readily be shifted so as to overlie the member 3 to any desired extent. Inasmuch as the band 0 passes loosely through the eye 9, the member 4 of the covering yields readily to any lateral strain in either direction or to a rearward strain, excepting only directly in line with the band.

It is apparent that any suitable number of bands may be employed extending throughout the length of the slitted portion though in practice one isfound suflicient.

The employment of an elastic member in this type of the invention is rendered unnecessary, although if desired the band 5 may be made of elastic material or may have an elastic section. 7

Having thus described one type or embodiment of my invention, I desire it to be understood that although specific terms are employed they are used in a generic and de scriptive sense and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set 5 forth in the following claims.

Claims.

1. An animal covering having portion, and means for connecting the parts of said slitted portion comprising a band connected to each of said parts adjacent the slit, a guiding member carried by one of said parts and slidable upon said band and securing means upon said band for said parts of the slitted portion.

2. An animal covering comprising in con bination a slitted portion, a band secured to both parts of the slitted portion adjacent the slit, but also having a sliding engagement with one of said parts, and cooperating securing means upon said band and one of said parts to secure said parts in position.

3. An animal covering comprising in combination a slitted ortion, a band secured to both parts of the s itted portion adjacent the slit and also passing through one of said parts and cooperating securing means carried by said band and the other of said parts.

4. An animal covering comprising in combination a slitted portion, a band secured to one of said parts, thence passing to and loosely through the other part and thence passing to the edge of such other )art and there secured, and a securing llOOl i carried by said band.

5. An animal covering comprising in combination a slitted portion, a band permanently secured to both parts of saidslitted portion adjacent said slit, and also passing loosely through one of said parts, and means engaging said band to secure said parts in adjusted position with relation to each other.

6. An animal covering comprising in combination a slitted portion, a band fixed to both parts of the slitted portion and passing loosely through one of said parts, said band a slitted having means slidable thereon and adapted to engage one of said parts to secure said parts in position. 7

7. An animal covering comprising in combination a slitted portion having parts 3 and 4, a band 5 fixed to said parts 3 and 4 and passing through one part 4, a guide 7 secured to the last mentioned part 4 and engaging the band to guide such part 4, and securing means 11, 12 cooperating with said parts.

8. An animal covering comprising in combination a slitted portion having parts 3 and 4, a band 5 fixed to said parts 3 and 4 and passing loosely through one part 4, a hook 12 upon the band 5 and an eye 11 upon the other part 3 to be engaged by said hook.

9. An animal covering or the like having a slitted portion, a band connected at separated points to one of the members of said slitted portion and passing loosely through the second member, an eye upon the second member and guided by said band and securing means upon said band for said members.

10. An animal covering or the like having a slitted portion, a band connected at separated points to one of the members of the slitted portion and passing through a hole in the other member and secured to the edge thereof, an eye upon the second member and slidable upon said band, a hook movable upon said band, and an eye piece Wherewith said hook may be engaged to secure the members of the slitted portion in adjusted position. 7

11. An animal covering or the like having a slitted portion, a band fixed to themembers of said slitted portion *and passing loosely through one of them, securing means carried by said band adjacent one of said members, and cooperating securing means upon the other member.

12. An animal covering or the like having a slitted portion, a band fixed to'the edge parts of said slitted portion and having an edge guiding part and an edge shifting part, and means to secure the edge in shifted position.

f In testlmon i hereof, I have signed my i name to this specification, 1n the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ISAAC E. PALM") 1%.

l \V itnesses I Gno. O. NAINS, FRED. E. FOWLER. 

